Chapter 944: Falling short
The remnant sun is like blood, reflecting the battlefield like Shura's hell, and the two thousand Chu army cavalry are lost in a battle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info severed arms, covering the battlefield several miles wide, banners lodging, soldiers everywhere, ownerless war horses wailing, godless wandering among the dead corpses everywhere, from time to time bowed their heads, arched those soldiers who no longer moved.
There were painful moans, screams, and these people who still had their breath left, lying on the ground, staring blankly at the remnant sun in the sky. The Qi people are waiting for their comrades to clean up the battlefield and save them, but their military careers are over, and the undead Chu people are waiting for the enemy to make up for themselves.
Zhou Jiyun's saber drooped, and a little blood was still dripping from the tip of the knife, but his eyes did not fall on the battlefield, but at the lonely figure standing on the gentle slope.
He hated his opponent very much, in the past month, this Chu general named Jiang Tao has made him suffer, his flexible tactics have made him breathtaking, he slipped away from his hands again and again, and let himself chase after his ass and eat dust day by day, Zhou Jiyun almost forgot his original intention, and only wanted to catch this person to prove that he was not weaker than the other party.
But he knew that he had failed. If it weren't for the help of the soldiers of the four counties, Jiang Tao's range of activities and space were compressed little by little, and he would not have been able to catch this cunning fox at all. In terms of commanding the cavalry alone, he was completely defeated.
And what made him even more unwilling was that the other party was still a weak scholar without the slightest martial arts cultivation.
He rode slowly down the gentle slope. In any case, the ultimate winner is still himself, and only those who live to the end are qualified to reflect and make progress.
He didn't want to kill this man. First, this person is a high-ranking general of the Chu State, and second, he is indeed a cherished talent. If he changes places, Zhou Jiyun feels that he is afraid that he will not be able to hold on for so long.
He stopped suddenly.
For he saw that the man who had been like a sculpture since the beginning of the war moved.
He dismounted and planted the phoenix flag of Chu on the ground with all his might. Then he took a leather bag from the saddle, poured the liquid in the leather bag on top of the phoenix flag, and poured it on his body.
He took out the fire fold from his body, shook it, the pale flame ignited, and he calmly lit the phoenix flag.
He sat down, his hands wrapped around the flaming phoenix flag.
The spark fell, splashed on him, and with a bang, his body also burst into flames.
Zhou Jiyun's heart twitched.
He saw the man looking up in the fire, as if looking at him, as if smiling at him. He saw that the man had a sharp dagger in his hand, and he smiled and calmly plunged the dagger into his heart.
He held the burning Chu State Phoenix Flag and lowered his head.
He and the phoenix flag of Chu are burning together.
Zhou Jiyun's strong body shook slightly, and somehow, there was a sudden feeling of relief in his heart. Such a person should not be a prisoner, and now it is the best ending for him.
He rode slowly towards the flaming torch.
"If everyone in the Chu State is like this, I'm afraid that if you want to conquer the Chu State, it will really not be an easy task." Zhou Jiyun rolled the saddle and dismounted, clasped his fists with both hands, and made a big salute very respectfully and solemnly.
"Let's go!"
The capital of Qi State, Chang'an. Qi Emperor Cao Tiancheng's face was extremely unsightly. These days, he has been under more and more pressure, and several troops and horses of the Chu State have invaded the territory of the Qi State, causing great harm to the Qi State.
Qi general Jiang Tao, 10,000 horsemen rampant several counties, Zhou Jiyun chased and intercepted, the effect was very little, the land of the four counties, the lives were devastated, the war was raging, a large number of people lost their houses, family property, and became destitute with nothing. The officials of the four counties, the squires, and the heroes wept blood and wrote a letter, imploring His Majesty the Emperor to mobilize a large army and quickly wipe out the Chu army.
Another Chu army led by An Ruhai caused even more momentum, An Ruhai and Jiang Tao were different, he burned the houses of the local people every time, robbed them of food, and then wrapped up these people, rushed to the next target together, and then repeated the story of the previous place. Today, An Ruhai has gathered more than 100,000 people, and among them, the Chu people are only a few thousand, and the rest are Qi people who have lost everything, and if they don't follow this army, they will only starve to death or be killed.
Cao Tiancheng knew that this method was extremely destructive. Hunger will release the devil in people's hearts, and the country of Qi is not a harmonious atmosphere inside, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Today's Qi country, the landlords are strong and strong, and the exploitation of the common people is extremely powerful, and in some places, the landless peasants are like carp crossing the river, and there are countless of them. According to the report from the ghost, there were no more than 100 landed people in one county, and the rest had become tenant farmers and had to be sold into slavery. Even if the Qi State strictly forbade anyone to keep slaves by any means.
The country of Qi seems to be powerful, but it is like cooking oil in a fire, and only he knows the sweetness and bitterness inside. But for a long time, Cao Tiancheng did not dare to make a big move to solve these problems. Because there is such a powerful enemy as the Chu State watching from the sidelines, if he solves the domestic problems by himself, Cao Tiancheng does not dare to guarantee that there will be no chaos, and if at that time, the Chu people will hear the news and move, then the Jiangshan Society will be in danger.
This deal with Mingguo gave Cao Tiancheng hope to solve the problem. He exchanged the land of the three counties for a deal with the Ming State, induced the Chu State to send troops, and finally surrounded the Emperor of the Chu State and hundreds of thousands of Chu troops in Luzhou.
And with such a brilliant victory, he raised his knife high and slashed down at these pus pockets in the country, squeezing out these pus, so that Daqi could be reborn.
The Ming Kingdom is about to grow into a big trouble, if you can't make yourself stronger before this enemy becomes completely strong, I am afraid that the future Qi Kingdom will be worried.
But now, this pustule was punctured by the Chu people first. Before he was completely prepared, this catastrophe, which had already threatened the Qi State, broke out in advance.
Cao Tiancheng saw a strong smell of conspiracy in it. If it means that the person did not stick a foot in the head here, Cao Tiancheng would not believe it if he was killed.
Who did such tactics begin with? Yue Guo Shuntian Army Mo Luo.
And the last troops of the Shuntian Army were all swallowed up by Qin Feng's Taiping Army, and no one was better at doing this kind of thing than them.
Zhaoguan, the Ming general Wu Ling sharpened his sword, and the cavalry even crossed the border long ago, burning and looting in the territory of Qi. In the northwest, the Ming army even helped the Chu people Xinning County Shouwu Teng to conquer Ningchuan and open the door to the northwest of the empire. Although only Wu Teng's Xinning army is still marching into the northwest now, once the situation in the empire gets out of control and Cao Tiancheng dares to pack a ticket, the Ming army will inevitably rush in the northwest.
Otherwise, where did Qin Feng transfer his precious cavalry chasing battalion to?
He has been patient, because now his target is the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops in Luzhou. As long as he can swallow it in one bite, kill the hundreds of thousands of Chu border troops, and kill or capture their emperor, then he can use this brilliant victory to successfully solve the domestic problems, but now, the besieged Chu army still has the strength to resist, and the pus in the empire has been splashed with thick juice.
He had to make a decision.
The spark of the stars can set the prairie on fire, and now, the chaos caused by An Ruhai is no longer a spark of the spark, but a prairie fire, in the empire, those who are afraid of the army of Qi and hide their tails deeply, are now ready to move, and some even can't wait to jump out, raising the flag to rebel in the light.
He sighed silently, looking at the officials who were arguing in the court, the empire has reached this point, you really have a great credit.
The first minister of Qi State, Prime Minister Tian Feng, has tens of thousands of acres of land at home.
He Li, the imperial historian, has 5,000 acres of land at home.
There are also the three princes and nine kings, the six books, and the one who is not a family with thousands of wealth, and a slave like a cloud.
Decisions must be made. The people of Chu couldn't be killed at all this time, and there was a next time, even if they were given their lives this time, they were also broken and their bones were broken, and from then on, they had no strength left to attack Daqi. After this battle, it would be good if they could hold on to what was left. With the six eastern counties of Chu to compensate, and the harvest of annihilating a large number of the main forces of Chu State, Qi State finally gained more in this battle.
Moreover, a cold light flashed in Cao Tiancheng's eyes, just taking advantage of this domestic chaos to solve many problems.
It's just a pity that this opportunity created by Prince Cao Yun's lonely heart and hard work was a failure, and he couldn't get a happy ending.
"Spread the order to Cao Yun, immediately launch a general attack, end the battle in Luzhou, and after defeating the Chu army, the army will immediately return to the situation and exterminate the rebels in the country." He sat on a high throne, looked coldly at his courtiers, and gave his will.
In the main hall, the mountains shouted long live, the ministers bowed their heads, looking at these familiar faces, Cao Tiancheng sneered in his heart, no matter what it is, at least half of these people will say goodbye to their lives at the entrance of the vegetable market.
Empire, in need of a rebirth.
He set his sights on the far north, where there was his next main target, the Ming Kingdom.
"The state of Chu is no longer in trouble, you will be next, Qin Feng, are you ready?" He said silently in his heart. "Having a good opponent really makes my blood run wild!"
He stood up and walked away. Behind him, the eunuch's long voice of retreat echoed in the palace.
The fast horse came out of Chang'an and galloped towards Luzhou.
The will launch a general offensive to end the war in Luzhou. Cao Yun, the commander of the Qi State, received the holy decree, looked up to the sky and sighed, but it was all in vain!